Family Xenocephalidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Blenniiformes - Xenocephalidae
Parent taxon: Blenniiformes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anarrhichthyidae, Atopoclinidae, Blennioidei, Cebidichthyidae, Emblemariidae, Gobiesocoidei, Lumpenidae, Notograptidae, Ophioclinidae, Peronedyidae, Runulidae, Xiphisternidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xenocephalidae in the database